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		<title>More Ways to Use a Wave</title>
		<link>http://significantdistraction.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/more-ways-to-use-a-wave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the first hydrokinetic energy project permit to Finavera Renewables Ocean Energy Ltd. for a 1MW project off the coast of Washington that will employ aquabouys to generate electricity. It appears that the jurisdictional dispute described in an earlier post has been resolved. This blog entry contains a link to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=significantdistraction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=852906&amp;post=156&amp;subd=significantdistraction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>European Commission Survey on Public Perception of Sequestration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has released the results of its internet public consultation &#8220;Capturing and storing CO2 underground&#8211;should we be concerned?&#8221; The survey, conducted in spring 2007, found some major concerns regarding carbon capture and storage (CCS) among Europeans. Around 90% of respondents were concerned that injected CO2 might not stay underground, 58% had concerns with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=significantdistraction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=852906&amp;post=144&amp;subd=significantdistraction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fate of FutureGen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FutureGen is a project to build a coal gasification plant to generate electricity and hydrogen. The plant will capture and sequester CO2 in geologic formations. The project is funded primarily by the US Department of Energy, with some funds coming from commercial partners. The budget was initially set at around $1 billion, but is currently [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=significantdistraction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=852906&amp;post=155&amp;subd=significantdistraction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program</title>
		<link>http://significantdistraction.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/update-on-the-midwestern-greenhouse-gas-reduction-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>loufuzai</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of Midwestern governors signed on to a greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan. They propose to reduce emissions by 60-80% of 1990 levels by 2050. Details of the cap and trade program have not yet been determined. In the last post, I mentioned that all of the Midwestern states attended the meeting. Only IA, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=significantdistraction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=852906&amp;post=150&amp;subd=significantdistraction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Midwestern Governors Association is holding an energy summit today&#8211;&#8221;Unveiling a Midwestern Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Platform&#8220;. The Midwestern states (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI) are following in the footsteps of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (CT, DE, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, VT) and the Western [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=significantdistraction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=852906&amp;post=145&amp;subd=significantdistraction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flip a Coin or Polygeneration?</title>
		<link>http://significantdistraction.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/flip-a-coin-or-polygeneration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[E&#38;E News reported today that investors are reluctant to fund new coal generation. They are deferring any decision because they anticipate new laws and regulations. On the one hand, pulverized coal is risky because retrofitting a plant to reduce CO2 emissions is expensive. On the other hand, investors are waiting for more certainty with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=significantdistraction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=852906&amp;post=143&amp;subd=significantdistraction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CRS Report on CCS Transport</title>
		<link>http://significantdistraction.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/crs-report-on-ccs-transport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been procrastinating since 19 April 2007, but here are my thoughts (half a year late) on the Congressional Research Service report &#8220;Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Pipelines for Carbon Sequestration: Emerging Policy Issues&#8221;. The report contains an important, yet subtle statement: If policy makers encourage continued consumption of fossil fuels under CCS, then the need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=significantdistraction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=852906&amp;post=112&amp;subd=significantdistraction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Conference Committee</title>
		<link>http://significantdistraction.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/no-conference-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic members of Congress have decided not to convene a conference committee to work out differences in the House and Senate versions of an energy bill. Rather, Democratic leaders appear ready to proceed with energy legislation in a more informal manner. This was predicted by a previous post. The contents of the bills were discussed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=significantdistraction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=852906&amp;post=142&amp;subd=significantdistraction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Energy for an Energy Bill Conference</title>
		<link>http://significantdistraction.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/no-energy-for-an-energy-bill-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>loufuzai</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Reid (D-NV) has delayed convening a conference committee on the energy bill at least until after the Columbus Day recess. That means no conferees will be appointed until at least 15 October. The delay has led to talk among some Democrats of avoiding a conference by striking a deal among their leaders in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=significantdistraction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=852906&amp;post=141&amp;subd=significantdistraction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Norwegian Storage Pt. 2</title>
		<link>http://significantdistraction.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/norwegian-storage-pt-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>loufuzai</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A previous distraction discussed plans for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Norway. Gassnova, an enterprise set up under the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, is in charge of Norwegian CCS projects. Gassnova has just issued a feasibility study for CO2 injection into the continental shelf below the North Sea. The study concluded that CO2 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=significantdistraction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=852906&amp;post=140&amp;subd=significantdistraction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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